Bottle-stopper.



No. 759,185. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

' G. MILLER.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO MAX GOGE AND ERNST BRUNHUBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPEFL' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,185, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed February 16, 1904. Serial No. 193,780. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Stopper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in stoppers for milk-bottles.

Milk-bottles are often broken by the freezing and consequent expansion of the milk therein.

The object of my invention is to provide a stopper or closure for the bottle so arranged that it will readily yield to the expansion strain, and thus prevent the breaking of the bottle.

I will describe a bottle-stopper embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of abottle with a stopper embodying my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the stopper in open position, and Fig. 3 is a sectional View of the bottle and stopper.

The stopper comprises a metal disk 1, which is mounted to swing on a yoke consisting of a cross-bar 2 and downwardlyextended ends 3. The portions 3 of the yoke pass through and are adapted to slide in lugs 4, which are mounted to rotate in ears 5 on a collar 6, engaging around the neck of the bottle. Surrounding the portions 3 of the yoke between the lugs 4 and heads 7 are coiled springs 8, which are sufficiency strong to hold the stopper 1 on the bottle under ordinary circumstances, but will yield on the expansion of the milk by freezing, as indicated in Fig. 1. As the lugs 4: have pivotal connection with the part 6, it is obvious that the closure may be swung to either side of the bottle, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In combination with a bottle, a closure, a yoke with which the closure has swinging connection, the said yoke having downwardlyextended ends, heads on said ends, acollar on the bottle, lugs mounted to turn in the collar and through which the said downwardly-extended ends pass, and springs on said clownwardly extended ends between the lugs and said heads.

2. The combination with a bottle, of a collar surrounding the neck thereof, ears on the collar, lugs mounted to rotate in said ears, a disk, a yoke with which the disk has swinging connection, said yoke having downwardly-extended portions passing through said lugs,

heads on the ends of said downwardly-extended portions, and springs arranged between said heads and the lugs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE MILLER.

Witnesses:

JNO. M. RITTER, O. R. FERGUSON. 

